had passed
- past perfect of pass.
Example Sentences
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Last month, the DMV sent letters to around 11,000 drivers who had passed the written test informing them that abnormalities were detected in their results.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
Twenty percent of the world’s oil had passed through the Strait of Hormuz.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
In a statement after his sentencing, the agency said he had been recruited by Russia's FSB in Vienna in 2018, but several years had passed before his handlers resumed contact with him in December 2024.
From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026
One of its loans was listed on June 30, 2024 as having a maturity date that had passed more than two weeks earlier.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 20, 2026
Even when they had passed the mill and the great wooden wheel lying motionless in the millrace, its own channel on one side of the dry streambed, he had said nothing.
From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda
